EVGA Corporation, the leading-edge 3D processor and motherboard manufacturer, announced the ultimate in high performance motherboards, the EVGA Classified SR-X. This motherboard sets a new standard for what is considered an enthusiast motherboard with dual CPU support, 4-way SLI support, SATA III 6 GB/s, SAS, USB 3.0 and more. Whether you are an extreme power user, workstation, server admin, folder/cruncher; this is the ultimate board for you. This board was designed from the ground up to support the latest and greatest in technology, and be able to complete any task you throw at it faster than you ever thought possible.

New and Key features introduced on the EVGA Classified SR-X motherboard:

Maybe the Xeon E5-2687W is the unlocked Xeon. W is for Workstation and it also has a bigger TDP of 150W instead of the 135W of the 2690. Also if you go to the supported CPU list of the SR-X the 2687W is not there, I wonder why.

Maybe the Xeon E5-2687W is the unlocked and overclockable Xeon. It has higher TDP than the rest of the crowd, it has the W that stands for Workstation and it doesn't appear on the SR-X CPU support list:

i like asus' board better.... despite the blue theme. asus should do a ROG dual 2011 and dual 1366 board. westmere is still quite viable and sought after

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Same here, I think the Asus board will be better, however I was hoping that blue was just for the Demo Model .. cause its not pretty. But the Asus, can use ATI/AMD cards ... that alone makes is BETTER.. ( J/K fanboys ).

I really cant say either way, 1) i will never own one of either. 2) never used any of EVGAs anythings.

But I will say this looks nice & looks like it will put a hurting on 3dmark 11

What the hell is up with only using the PCI-E lanes from one CPU? They could have done away with the PLX switch and four channel switches by utilizing both processors' lanes. 40 from one for PEG, 36 from the other for PEG and for the dedicated SAS link. (and with 4 lanes to spare) If I remember right, there's two 8GB/s QPI links between the two processors, so what's up with the switch? Did they do it so you can use a single processor? I really don't get it.